Dish-washer.



'PATBNTED MAR; 29, 1904.

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ULRICA C. ANDERSON, OF BAYARD, NEBRASKA.

Patented March Q9, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

DISH-WASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,832, dated March 29, 1904.

Application filed June 22, 1903. Serial No. 162,566. (No model.)

To all whom it Wtay concern:

dishes are placed in a basket of wire or other suitable material which is" then immersed in a body of water in which the basket is moved in such manner as to cause currents to flow around the dishes and cleanse them..

The object of the invention is to provide a construction which will receive and hold the dishes onedge and which will be provided with receptacles for forks and spoons and a rack for holding knives in such positions that the blades may be washed without wetting the handles.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in both views, Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the basket. Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing the knives in the knife-rack.

Referring now to the-drawings, the present washer consists of a plurality of wire hoops 5, 6, and 7, which in the present instance are three in number, the diameters of the successive hoops increasing gradually from the bottom to the top of the washer. The hoops are disposed coaxially and are connected by wires 8, having any desired specific arrangement, the ends of certain of the wires being passed diametrically of the lowermost hoop 5 to form a bottom for the washer.

Disposed diametrically-of the hoop 6 is a rest-bar 9, from which depends a post 10 to the center of the bottom of the' washer, the wires of the bottom being connected to the lower end of this post, so that the structure is made more rigid.

The dishes to be washed are stood on edge on the bottom of the washer and those adjacent to the bar 9 are leaned thereagainst, so that they are supported in substantially erect positions.

Connected to the uppermost hoop 7, at opposite sides thereof, are wire-mesh or openwork trays 11 and 12, which depend below the hoop and are designed to receive spoons and forks to be washed. Connected also to the uppermost hoop 7 is a knife-rack consisting of a plate 13, which is connected to the hoop and extends inwardly therefrom, said rack having slots 20, which lie radially of the hoop and which are designed to receive the blades of knives, so that their handles will be supported above the rack and will not be wetted when the washer is dipped into the water to a suflicient extent to wash them.

To facilitate placing the washer in a body of water and removing it, said washer is provided with handles 15 at diametrically opposite points, and in order that the washer may be readily oscillated to cause the currents of water to pass over the contents of the washer it is provided with a handle 16, which is attached to the hoop 7 and radiates therefrom. In practice modifications of the specific construction shown may be made and any suitable materials and proportions may be used for the various parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is 1. A dish-washer comprising a plurality of vertically-spaced hoops, wires connecting the hoops, wires extending across the lowermost hoop, a rest-bar arranged diametrically across an upper hoop, and a post connecting the rest-bar with the wires extending across the lowermost hoop.

2. A dish-washer comprising a plurality of vertically-spaced hoops, wires connecting the hoops, wires extending across the lowermost hoop, a rest-bar connected diametrically across an upper hoop, a post connecting the rest-bar and the wires extending across the lowermost hoop, and a plate connected to and lying within the uppermost hoop, and having slots therethrough to receive knife-blades.

3. A dish-Washer comprisinga plurality of blades, the slots being of a Width to prevent vertically-spaced hoops, Wires connecting the passage of knife-blades therethrough. IO hoops, Wires extending across the lowermost In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in hoop, arest-bar connected diametrically across presence of two witnesses.

5 an upper hoop, open-Work trays suspended ULRICA C. ANDERSON.

from the uppermost hoop and a plate con- Witnesses: nected to and lying Within the uppermost A. W. ANDERSON,

hoop and having slots therein to receive knife- I F. O. WISNER. 

